The Giraglia Rolex Cup Starts Today!
Friday was Bella Mente Racing’s first day of practice on the Mediterranean before embarking on the Giraglia Rolex Cup in St. Tropez (France), the second event of their European circuit. The five-day event kicked-off today, Sunday, June 16, with inshore racing, which goes through Tuesday, June 18. On Wednesday, Bella will compete in the event’s famed 243-nautical mile offshore race which takes the fleet towards the Îles d'Hyères – a group of four Mediterranean islands – before heading into the open sea to the symbolic rounding of the Giraglia, a rocky islet off northern Corsica, and racing on to the finish in Genoa, Italy.
To keep up with the action during the event, visit http://www.yachtclubitaliano.